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<br />Mayor Gamec stated the Council is still interested but it is a large project. He thought the <br />Council wanted a Community Center to be run by the private sector. <br /> <br />Councihnember Elvig thought there was a desire by the Council to get this done. There is also <br />interest from developers. He stated if the Park Commission had discussions on this, it may bring <br />the Community involvement into it. <br /> <br />Commissioner Shryock wondered what it would take to get the private sector involved. <br /> <br />Parks/Utilities Supervisor Riverblood indicated staff has put together a memo to propose some <br />names for the parks at Town Center. He reviewed some names for the parks that staff thought <br />fit. <br /> <br />Commissioner Olds thought as a common denominator for the Town Center Parks they could <br />name them "Town Center Commons, North Commons, etc." to indicate they are in the Town <br />Center. <br /> <br />Commissioner Shryock thought the name Rhinestone Commons for South Park sounded good. <br />The Commission and Council concurred. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec thought the Parks Commission should name the parks and recommend them to the <br />Council. <br /> <br />Motion by Olds, Seconded by Shryock, to recommend "Commons" as the park denominator for <br />the Town Center Parks and to name the parks indicated in the memo from staff along with <br />naming South Park, Rhinestone Commons. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Johns, Commissioners Olds, Shryock, Erickson, <br />Hansen, LaMere, and Lehman. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johns wondered if they needed to make an investment in the park where the <br />swimming hole will be going in because there is so much housing going in the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson reviewed the plans for the park and the development going in. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johns wondered if a swimming area and a pool in Town Center would be competing <br />uses. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson did not think it would be. He thought this park would be a more passive use and <br />should have water features. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johns indicated she would like to have North Commons reviewed by staff because it <br />is happening five years earlier than they thought. <br /> <br />Chairperson Johns stated about a year ago there was discussion about hiring a park coordinator <br />and she wondered where that was at in the plans. <br /> <br />Park and Recreation Commission/June 8, 2006 <br />Page 5 of 6 <br />